Office for iOS now lets you use 3D animations and animated GIFs in Word

When we talk about the potential of Office, one of the reasons is the presence of the Microsoft office suite on different platforms and one of them, iOS, is where it has just received an update that allowsuse 3D animations or animated GIFs in all applications that integrate it.

Apple's mobile operating system receives a number of improvements for those who are part of the Office on iOS testing program. This is the update that has the number 2.50 (21060200) and that together with the bug fixes and performance improvements, adds two new functions.

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All those who install the new Office for iOS update through the Test Flight application will have access to the ability to play 3D animations and animated GIFsin any document, be it Word, Excel or PowerPoint.

In this way it will be enough to open a document that contains any of these files to be able to reproduce it in spreadsheets, presentations and text documents .

In the case of 3D animations, these now come to life, since before they appeared as static images in documents that included any of this type. Now, if we open a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file that contains an animated 3D object, we can control the playback on the screen by rotating, playing or pausing it.

An operation similar to that experienced by animated GIFs, which now come to life in documents, worksheets or presentations in the that previously appeared inert. Similar to 3D animations, you can now use the onscreen controls to play and pause an animated GIF.

Remember that to test applications under development on iOS, such as Office, you must use TestFlight. With this app, anyone can access the iOS beta applications, those that are testing new features with a view to releasing them in an upcoming stable version. You just have to download TestFlight from this link and look for the applications in tests in links like this one from Wabetainfo.

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